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MY YEARS AS A FOOD ADDICT

I was a heavy eater by the time I was 5 years old, only it was called a "healthy appetite" in those days, and they called me cute and chubby. By the time I was 18 I was a compulsive overeater. At 5'6", my weight ranged between 125 to 149, but only because I spent part of almost every month on some diet or another. I must have gained and lost more than 500 pounds on various crash diets before I turned 40.I could eat 3 half gallons of ice cream a week and 3 candy bars at the movies. At my favorite Oriental buffet I would start with 6 egg rolls and fill my plate (and myself) so much that the owners lost money. No matter what diet I tried, I dreamed of my next “fix”… boxes of cookies, bags of potato chips or maybe a whole pizza.I’ve always been an upbeat person with a good marriage, two children, and close friends, but on my 40th birthday I was feeling depressed. I took a walk on the beach and realized that my compulsive eating had to stop. I decided that I wanted peace more than pizza and vowed to put my extensive dieting knowledge to work. I re-read all of my material on the subject and designed a way of eating that would satisfy me and finally curb my appetite. My determination paid off in spades and changed my life. The numbers on the scale remained below 130 and before I knew it, I was helping curious friends and neighbors. That was the beginning of a long and exciting career founding and directing Diet Masters, teaching dieting classes and low calorie cooking and even self publishing 6 dieting books. Best of all, my weight has been stable between 124 and 129 for 39 years while I eat food that I enjoy.

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Wednesday, October 10, 2012

HOW TO HANDLE BUFFETS AND OTHER HINTS

                                                     HOW TO HANDLE BUFFETS


 If it is a fairly short buffet, walk back and forth and study your choices. If most of the salads that are on display have dressing on them, choose one without dressing and if there are no small plates to put the dressing on the side, ask the waiter for one.(be certain to dip your fork in the dressing.  Do not pour it onto your salad.

 Try to avoid food that is swimming in gravy or sauces or mixed with mayonnaise  or deep fat fried.  My most important advice is to pretend that 'Louise is watching you' with tears in her eyes if you begin to put fattening foods on your plate.

                          HOW TO MAKE GRAPES LOWER IN CALORIES

 Freeze them and put one grape at a time into your mouth and let it slightly melt before eating it. This way, you will take much more time to eat a small amount .

                                                          HOOK A RUG

 I am certain that I am the first person you ever heard of giving you a hint like this to diet successfully. 

 When my daughter was about a year old I was on yet another diet without success.  I bought material to hook a rug and it took 45 minutes to hook one 4 foot row.  This kept my hands busy and I would also make a deal with myself that after I hooked 2 rows I could eat. By then, it was time to make dinner so I eliminated snacking.

 It took me over 3 months to complete the beautiful green rug with flowers and I lost 15 pounds without exercising during that time.  My daughter enjoyed having the rug in her room for many years.
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